Clothes-pounder



W. B. WICKES. Clothes-Founder.

No. 228,846. Patented June. 15, 1880J TMve-Too T'J- NFETERS.PHOT0UTHQGRAFMER, WASHINGYON, D c.

which I UNITED STATES PATENT @Erica WILLIAM B. WICKES, OF SHARON,MASSACHUSETTS.

CLOTH ES-POUNDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,846, dated June 15,1880. Application filed February 24, 1880.

Tr all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM B. WICKES, of Sharon, in the county ofNorfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvementsin ClothesPounders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of clothespounders in which` acylinder with two perforated heads and a piston working between saidheads are employed, the piston having a rod which serves as a handle tooperate the pounder.

My invention has for its object to enable the cylinder to be rotatedbythe piston-rod, so that it may be conveniently freed in case fabricsbecome wound about the body or entangled i.. .th the perforated body ofthe cylinder, a shield heilig employed to prevent water from beingsquirted upwardly from the top of the cylinder.

My in' intion consists in the improvements 7ill now proceed to describeand claim.

Of the laccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l represents z side elevation of my improved clothespoundeil Fig.2 represents a section Online fr x, Fig and Fig. 3 reliresentsasectionon line y y, 1ig. l.

The se e letters indicate the same parts in all the gures.

In the drawings, A represents the cylinder forming the body of theclothes-pounder, said cylinder being made of sheet metal and providedwith perforated cast-metal heads B B', through which water will freelypass. The heads are rigidly attached to the ends of the cylinder, andthe upper head, B', has an upwardly-projecting tube, C, rigidly attachedto it.

D represents the piston, located between the heads B B', and consistingof a single plate having a central perforation, through which passes ascrew, E, attaching the piston to the end of the rod F, so that thepiston can be readily detached, if desired. The rod F passes through andis adapted to reciprocate longitudinally in the tube C, and thusreciprocate the piston. The rod F also serves as a handle to move thecylinder and its attachments.

G represents a longitudinal slot formed in the rod F, and H represents apin attached to the tube C and passing through the slotG. The slot is ofsufficient length to permit the reciprocating movement of the rod andpiston.

It will be seen that with the slot and pin the operator, while standingin the usual position, can use the rod as a handle to rotate the pounderas well as to operate the piston and move the pounder about.

I represents a shield, which is placed over the upper end of thecylinder to arrest water thrown up by the operation of the pounder. Thecentral part of the shield is dome-shaped and is attached to the tube C.The margin of the shield has a down wardly-projecting flan ge, J, whichprojects below the upper end of the cylinder, so that it moreeffectually prevents the lateral discharge of water from the upper endof the cylinder than heretofore.

K K represent arms connecting the flange J with the upper end of thecylinder. These arms brace and support the fiange J, and prevent theshield from being knocked out of place, and also prevent the fabricsbein g washed) from being drawn into the space between the ange andtheupper end of the cylinder by the downward movement of the piston,which gives the water and fabrics a tendency to enter the upper end ofthe cylinder. The shield and the arms K strengthen the'connection of thecylinder to the upper head, B',

and prevent the cylinder from bein g displaced'.

I claim- The within-described clothes-pounder, composed of the cylinderA, its perforated heads .B B', the tube C, rising from head B', the rodlF, slotted and secured to the tube C bya pin,

H, passed through the slot and tube, the piston D, removably attached tosaid rod, and a shield, J, all constructed, arranged, and combinedsubstantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 21st day ot' February, A. D.1880.

WILLIAM B. WICKES. Witnesses:

C. F. BROWN, J. P. COLLINS.

